Residents of Ebedi Community are excited over the approval of the construction of the 2.65-kilometre road in their area in Iseyin local government area of Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde.
The Landlords and Landladies Association of Ebedi Community Phase 11 said the project would bring economic growth to the community.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the road network was sponsored by Iseyin local government area after the governor ordered its construction because of the effects of flooding and erosion on the residents and it spanned along Asado road, Bayo Raji Road, Iseyin Local Government Quarters’ Road among others.
The association commended the Iseyin council chairman, Hon. Mufutau Abilawon, for support the project completion to be achieved.
They also expressed gratitude to the contractor during an interaction with journalists after an emergency meeting they held at the Odo-Oro area of the community.
The executive members of the association met with a special road construction monitoring committee set up to ensure due process during the project execution.
The chairman, Landlords and Landladies Association of Ebedi Community Phase 11, Mr Mustapha Ibrahim, said the construction of the community road had eased the burden of motorists and motorcycle riders and opened the area to further development.
He said the area, where the largest assemblage of garri Processing factories were located would benefit more as trucks offloading cassava and those loading bags of garri to Lagos and other commercial cities will have easy access to the area.
Ibrahim added that the construction of the road and culverts had saved the residents from hazards of gully erosion and flooding that had claimed lives of some residents in the past.
“We appreciate our dear governor for doing this for us, it will be in the record that this road was constructed during his time to alleviate the suffering of residents, it used to be a terrible network of roads within this community, today, we can see the criss-cross of tarred roads that has contributed to the development of our area.”
“The big gullies that used to cut off the roads and claim lives during flooding have gone, we are grateful to the Governor and the Chairman of the local government for being there for us.
“It is our intention to also appreciate the Contractor of this project for his humility and listening ear whenever our Construction Monitoring Committee met with him on any of our demands, he is really a fatherly figure and an experienced engineer.”
